Hospital da Luz has recently launched a special edition of “Clinical Cases” , elaborated to mark the 25 years of Luz Saúde group. “Hospital da Luz – Casos Clínicos – 25 anos” (Hospital da Luz – Clinical Cases – 25 years) gathers complex clinical cases of patients followed within Hospital da Luz Network and may be read in digital format (pdf or ipaper) and in book. Similarly to the eight previous editions – that have been published since 2008 – the printed books will be sent to public and private hospital institutions all over the country, as well as education and research centres, and professional and scientific organizations. For this special edition 30 clinical cases from diverse areas were selected – from general surgery to oncology, from internal medicine to neurology, from orthopaedics to ophthalmology, from diagnostic imaging to interventional imaging. “Each case was selected not for its isolated rareness, but for the complexity of clinical reasoning involved, for the quality of interdisciplinary collaboration implied, and for the impact on the life of the patient treated”, explains the surgeon and editor of the book, Rui Maio, clinical director of Hospital da Luz Lisboa. Now gathered in book, these clinical cases thus bear witness of “25 years of clinical excellence” within Hospital da Luz Network. “Excellence in medicine is not measured merely by surgical results or survival rates, although these are essential markers. It is also measured by the ability to think together, to admit doubt as a starting point and not a sign of weakness, to integrate the latest scientific evidence and the singularity of each patient. The cases in this work are testimony of this way of practising medicine”, further states Rui Maio. “By documenting what has been done, by sharing the clinical reasoning that has guided each decision, by exposing with transparency both successes and dilemmas, we are building a legacy of learning”, he concluded, thanking all the professionals involved.
